- ἔφορος
- ἔφορος, ὁ, (cf. ἐπίουρος)A overseer, guardian, ruler,
στρατιᾶς A.Pers. 25
(anap.);χώρας S.OC145
(lyr.);σφαγίων E.Rh.30
(lyr.);τῶν παίδων Pl.Phdr.265c
; καρπῶν, οἰάκων, Aristid.Or.41 (4).10, 42 (6).4;ὁ τῆς γενέσεως ἔ. θεός Procl. in Ti.1.53
D., al.: as fem., Ael.Fr.160: later in neut. pl.,ἔφορα Iamb.Myst.4.1
.II at Sparta, ἔφοροι, οἱ, the ephors, Hdt.1.65, 6.82, 9.76, Pl.Lg.692a, Arist.Pol. 1265b39, 1272a5; also, title of magistrates at Heraclea, Tab.Heracl.1.1, al.; at Thera, Test.Epict.4.1; in the Eleuthero-Laconian cities, IG5(1).1110, al.; also of officials of corporations, ib.209.8 (sg.), 26.4 (pl.).
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